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ANSWER EXPLANATIONS
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, SAT ANSWER EXPLANATIONS n READING AND WRITING: MODULE 1
Reading and Writing
Module 1
(33 questions)
QUESTION 1
Choice D is the best answer because in context, sharing “similarities with” means
having some resemblance to. The text establishes a comparison between two
groups of mammals, stating that although they aren’t closely related, hedgehog
tenrecs and true hedgehogs play similar roles in their habitats, a circumstance
that has resulted in the independent development of some of the same physical
traits. This context supports the idea that hedgehog tenrecs resemble, or share
basic similarities with, true hedgehogs in some respects.
Choice A is incorrect because the text doesn’t suggest that hedgehog tenrecs
are “examples of,” or representative of, true hedgehogs. The text states despite
some shared physical traits, the two groups of mammals aren’t closely related;
therefore, hedgehog tenrecs can’t be examples of true hedgehogs. Choice B is
incorrect because in this context, “concerns about” would mean worries about or
interests in. The text focuses on the various physical traits that hedgehog tenrecs
and true hedgehogs share. There’s nothing in the text to suggest why hedgehog
tenrecs would be worried about true hedgehogs, or why they would be interested
in them. Choice C is incorrect because in this context, “indications of” would
mean evidence of. By listing a set of traits that hedgehog tenrecs share with
true hedgehogs, the text establishes a comparison between the two groups of
mammals, and saying that the traits shared within one group of mammals provide
evidence of another group of mammals wouldn’t be an effective way to establish
the similarities between the two groups.
QUESTION 2
Choice B is the best answer because it most logically completes the text’s
discussion of Yaszek’s introduction to her science fiction anthology. In this
context “overtly” means openly or without concealment. The text draws a
contrast between the lack of “deliberately signaled” political themes in women-
authored science fiction from the 1920s to the 1960s and what Yaszek notes
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about women-authored science fiction from the 1970s. This contrast implies
that the work from the 1970s did clearly reflect feminist political themes. In other
words, the text indicates that unlike women who wrote science fiction in the
1920s to the 1960s, the women who wrote science fiction in the 1970s expressed
overtly feminist themes.
Choice A is incorrect. In this context “prudently” would mean cautiously, which
might plausibly describe the women who wrote science fiction from the 1920s to
the 1960s, in that they tended to avoid revealing their political views; however, the
text contrasts these authors with the women writing science fiction in the 1970s,
thereby suggesting that the authors writing in the 1970s were not restrained in
that way. Choice C is incorrect because in this context “cordially” would mean
politely, and nothing in the text indicates that politeness was a significant factor
for women writing science fiction either from the 1920s to the 1960s or in the
1970s. The text draws a contrast between the lack of “deliberately signaled”
political themes in women-authored science fiction from the 1920s to the 1960s
and what Yaszek notes about women-authored science fiction from the 1970s.
It’s unclear how “less deliberately signaled” politics and an increasing sense of
politeness toward feminism would constitute a meaningful contrast. Choice D
is incorrect because in this context, “inadvertently” would mean unintentionally,
and nothing in the text suggests that Yaszek thought the feminist elements of the
women-authored science fiction from the 1970s arose without deliberate effort.
QUESTION 3
Choice B is the best answer because it most logically completes the text’s
discussion about research into social media use. In context, “redressing” means
remedying or compensating for. The text indicates that there is a long-standing
trend of overemphasizing teenagers and young adults in studies of social media
use. It goes on to say that scholars have recently broadened the kinds of social
media users they study by including senior citizens. This suggests that scholars
are redressing the long-standing trend of overemphasis on younger users by
studying older users as well.
Choice A is incorrect because “exacerbating” means making worse or
aggravating, which would not make logical sense in context. Expanding the focus
of studies of social media use to include senior citizens would not make the
long-standing trend of overemphasizing teenagers and young adults in studies
of social media use worse; instead, it would help to remedy this trend. Choice C is
incorrect because “epitomizing” means illustrating or providing an example, which
would not make logical sense in context. Expanding the groups of social media
users that scholars study to include senior citizens would not provide an example
of the long-standing trend of overemphasizing teenagers and young people
in research on social media use. Choice D is incorrect because “precluding”
means making impossible in advance or preventing, which would not make
logical sense in context. The text indicates that there is a long-standing trend of
overemphasizing teenagers and young adults in social media research. Expanding
the focus of social media research to include senior citizens, as the text indicates
scholars have begun to do, could help to rectify the trend, but it could not prevent
the trend or make the trend impossible in advance, since the trend started long
before scholars started expanding their focus.
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QUESTION 4
Choice D is the best answer because as used in the text, “disputing” most nearly
means providing resistance to. The narrator is in a taxi as it drives down a street
lined with so many food vendors and shoppers that the narrator describes them
as “the multitude of Paris,” meaning an immense group of people. The street is
essentially a large open-air market, and there are so many people pushing small
wagons of goods and carrying shopping baskets that “every inch” of the taxi’s
progress is impeded. In other words, the people are providing resistance to the
taxi’s attempt to drive down the street.
Choice A is incorrect. Although in some contexts, “disputing” can mean arguing,
the narrator doesn’t portray the shoppers and vendors as arguing with the
driver of the taxi or, indeed, arguing at all. Choice B is incorrect. Although in
some contexts, “disputing” can mean expressing disapproval, the narrator
doesn’t suggest that the shoppers and vendors necessarily disapprove of the
taxi’s attempt to drive down the street. Instead, their combined presence along
the street has the effect of impeding the taxi’s progress. Choice C is incorrect
because, as the narrator explains, both the multitude of people and the taxi are
using a public space (a street) at the same time. The narrator doesn’t go so far
as to suggest that the people feel that they, and not the taxi, possess exclusive
access to the street.
QUESTION 5
Choice D is the best answer because it most logically completes the text’s
discussion of the twelfth-century Islamic philosopher Ibn Rushd. As used in this
context, “inconsequential to” means not significant to. According to the text, Ibn
Rushd’s works were primarily available in Spain, where he lived, far from central
areas of the Muslim world, a fact that could support the conclusion that his
influence on Muslim contemporaries was limited. The text implies, however, that
recent scholarship has shown that his works still had an impact on other Muslim
philosophers of his time. This context supports the idea that his works weren’t
inconsequential to Islamic thought in this period.
Choice A is incorrect because the issue under consideration in the text is
whether other Muslim philosophers of Ibn Rushd’s time had access to his works,
not whether his works were “controversial among,” or causing dispute among,
other philosophers. Choice B is incorrect. The text implies that other Muslim
philosophers of Ibn Rushd’s era were aware of his works, not that they were
“antagonistic toward,” or hostile toward, them. There is no suggestion that Ibn
Rushd’s writings elicited hostility from his contemporaries. Choice C is incorrect
because in this context, “imitated by” would mean followed as a model by.
Although the text implies that Ibn Rushd’s works were at least somewhat available
in regions that were at the center of Islamic thought during the period, it doesn’t
specifically address in what ways his works influenced contemporary Muslim
philosophers. Thus, the text doesn’t support the idea that other philosophers
modeled their own works after Ibn Rushd’s works.
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